'Friendly Fire' Disaster

27th August 1944: RAF fighter-bombers attack ships off Normandy - but the Royal Navy suffers heavy casualties

A successful attack on a German minesweeper by the RAF. Oblique aerial photograph taken during an atttack by De Havilland Mosquito FB Mark VIs of No. 248 Squadron RAF on a German 'M' class minesweeper and two trawler-type auxiliaries in the mouth of the Gironde River off Royan, France. Bombs can be seen straddling the minesweeper, which subsequently ble…